"This is one rule," Mathis said. "The big picture fine, we’re not concerned about that as a player standpoint. We’re supporting the coach and that’s what it’s all about. It’s nothing but positive things coming from, we like his attitude, we like how he’s being honest with us. I think that’s the big picture. We have his back because we know he has ours at the end of the road."

Mathis clarified that the fine is actually $9,915, not a round $10,000. He said it didn't even occur to him to go to the union about the fine, and he won't.

The NFLPA has started an investigation of their own into the fine. The investigation did not come as a result of a complaint from a Jaguars player, however.

Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkey spoke a little more about the fine after practice. Should clarify one thing, here: Mularkey did not volunteer this information, I went to him with it this morning and he spoke about it.

After practice he was asked if he checked to make sure this fine was legal under the collective bargaining agreement. Mularkey said all fines have to be approved by the NFL before they're put in the team's rulebook.